Doughty the Oldest UK Actor Plans Bright on West Pier
James Doughty the United Kingdoms oldest actor and clown will celebrate his pimetieth birthday on August 28 with three benefit performances on the West Pier at Brighton. He recalls Grimaldi and once wore Grimaldi wigs and sang Grimaldi songs.
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London Daily Mail
James Doughty
United Kingdom
West Pier
Brighton
Doughty
Grimaldi
Hamlet
Mr. Doughty
Baron Huddeston
Exchequer
Queen Victoria
Osborne
The
Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To Animals
Speech of Animals at Hampton Charity Party
A garden party at Carrick's Villa Hampton to aid Our Dumb Friends League featured Archdeacon Wilberforce who questioned the league's name and argued for animal intuition and a possible animal soul. He aligned with Butler Nesingley and Dean Stanley on belief in an afterlife.
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Carrick’s
Hampton no-Thames
Chaiford
Nobinson
Archdeacon Wilberforce
Bishop Butler
Charles Ningsley
Dean Stanley
Tragedy of Youth At Inquest In Greenhithe
At an inquest in Greenhithe two young women Edith May Deer aged seventeen and Ida Kempen aged nineteen were linked to a tragedy after missing from Upton Park. Deer resided 63 Wellington Road East Ham and Kempen lived next door. Their hats were found at Purfleet and a photograph with a letter was recovered. Deer’s body was later found off Greenhithe and Kempen’s body washed ashore off the Essex coast.
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Greenhithe
Upton Park
Edith May Deer
Wellington Road
East Lam
Ida Kempen
East Ham
Purfleet
Death of the Earl of Newburgh and titles listed
The death is announced of the Earl of Newburgh also holding titles Viscount Kynnaird Baron Lesingstone of Flacraig Scotland Prince Giustiniani Bandini Marquis Bandini of Lanciano Rustano Lord of Varano in the Roman States Duke of Mondragone and Count of Carmala. Born 1819, naturalized British subject in 1857, he succeeded his mother in 1877 and is survived by his eldest son, the Duke of Mondragone, resident in Rome.
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Earl of
Newburgh
Kynnaird
Lesingstone
Flacraig
Scotland
Giustiniani Bandini
Bandini
Lanciano
Rustano
Varano
Duke of
Mondragone
Carmala
Kingdom of
Naples
Duke of Mondragone
Rome
Adrift in a Parachute Above Derbyshire Night Flight
Miss Viola Spencer recounts a balloon ascent from Heanor Derbyshire on Tuesday night. The parachute failed to release at three thousand feet and she climbed to ten thousand feet tugging the cord. She faced cold numb hands and near unconsciousness before a descent near Bears by Leicester. The balloon later reappeared and vanished, then was found undamaged in a cottage yard.
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Heanor
Derbyshire
Viola Spencer
Glasgow Shelter Head’s Wife Shot by Husband in Mistaken Burglary
Mrs. Dunn, wife of the superintendent of the Newsboys Shelter of the St. Vincent de Paul Society in Glasgow, died after being shot by her husband who mistook her for a burglar. Dunn fired on hearing a noise while investigating a suspected intrusion and was later charged with culpable homicide, released on bail. She was 36.
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Dunn
1000-Year-Old City Church Celebrated In Guildhall Procession
Clergy and choir of St. Lawrence Jewry led a neighborhood procession singing hymns with cornet music. Rector Rev. Stephen Barross gave a three-minute address detailing the church history from the era of William the Conqueror and the origin of the Jewry name after Jewish settlers arrived.
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St. Lawrence Jewry
Guildhall Square
Stephen Barross
St. Lawrence Church
William the Conqueror
England
Harvest Under Arms Guards in Westmeath Fields
One officer and twenty five armed men were sent from Dublin to protect harvest workers on Major Dyas lands five miles from Wells in County Westmeath. Years of grazing turned land to meadow and intimidation plus boycotting kept laborers from reaping. The Property Defence Association sent workers from Ulster to encamp on the site.
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Dublin
Dyas
Wells
County Westmeath
Ulster
Troops Guard Fields Amid Peasants Protests At Navan
Field operations continue with tents set up to protect harvests from peasant crowds. Guards patrol day and night to deter spiking and disruption. A mowing delay arises after a nut breaks a machine, requiring two men to fetch parts from Navan twelve miles away. Roads are littered with broken bottles to hinder cycling. Peasants encircle the camp nightly, but so far no clashes occur. the camp remains for two to three weeks.
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Navan
Motors for the Army Tender At War Office Clarified
The War Office invited tenders for motor vehicles. officials say this does not end the Army Motor Reserve. New cars are for mechanised transport units of the Army Service Corps, already in use alongside existing staff cars and the 150 strong Army Motor Reserve.
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War Office
Army Motor Reserve
Army Service Corps
Army
Automatic printing telegraph and the coming automation
The piece argues that automatic printing telegraph instruments like the ticker predate modern systems and could reduce labor by eliminating Morse code translation. It notes early devices from House and Hoare, the 1867 ticker, and suggests strikes may hasten wider use despite past conservatism by telegraph firms.
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Springfield Republican
House
United States
New York
Central Exchange
Hoare
America
Deaf and Dumb Camp Romance Sparks From Storm
Burt Seavel and Jack Francis shelter a frightened deaf and dumb girl at their Norton’s Bay campsite during a thunderstorm. She communicates by pencil, shares a night of rain, and later reunites with her deaf and dumb asylum friends after a village rescue, inspiring a playful, budding romance between Burt and the visitor.
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Norton's Bay
Burt Seavel
Chaim Jack Francis
Burt
Jack
Nettie Calkins
James Stanhope
Cit
Deaf and Dumb Asylum
Asylum
Colie
Brooklyn Times
Mother's Birthday Prayer For A Mother's Love
A poetic birthday prayer asking for protection and blessing for a mother. The speaker seeks divine care, comfort, and guidance for the mother who gave life, hoping her wishes are fulfilled and fears fade. It conveys filial devotion and hope for peaceful ending.
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Jesus
Scotch lassie Marion Ferguson aids Glasgow children
Marion Ferguson of Glasgow leads temperance and child welfare work. She heads the Scottish Young Women’s Branch of the British Women’s Temperance Association and organizes Bands of Hope and Total Abstinence Societies to provide wholesome recreation for children and mothers in tenements.
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Marion Ferguson
Glasgow
Young Woman’s
British Women's Temperance Association
Miss Ferguson
Young Women’s
Scotland
Safe Baby's Own Tablets Promote Health For Summer
Save the Children notes Mothers should keep a box of Baby's Own Tablets to treat stomach troubles and prevent diarrhoea in hot months. Claims a Government analyst confirms safety with no opiate. A Quebec mother testimonial supports cure and improved health. boxes cost 25 cents and can be mailed from Dr. Williams' Medicine Co. Brockville Ont.
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Geo. Mineault
Jun
Mont Louis
Que
Medicine
Dr. Williams’ Medicine Co
Brockville, Ont
The Priest Who Needed a Change of Air
John Talbot Smith recalls in The Free Man's Journal a renowned priest seeking a nation at Archbishop Ryan's urging for health. The archbishop jests that the physician says a change of air is needed and imagines trying the parish air for a month as a remedy.
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John Talbot Smith
The
Freeman’s Journal
Archibishop Ryan
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